He also reflected on last week’s ILGA league table on LGBT rights across Europe, saying, “If we’d held this last year I would have been able to say how proud I was to be prime minister of the best country for gay, bi and trans people but that’s not the case any more.

“Malta has overtaken us. And I really want to get the top position back.”

He also promised more action on LGBT equalities overseas, noting that while the UK may no longer top one league table, there are still many countries where things are very much worse.